{"id":152299,"date":"2021-01-15T06:06:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T10:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/?p=152299"},"modified":"2021-01-15T13:02:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:02:29","slug":"us-requires-viral-test-to-enter-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/01\/15\/us-requires-viral-test-to-enter-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"US requires viral test to enter the country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/PCR-Test-MainStreet-Family-Urgent-Care-e1610111766915.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-152003\"\/><figcaption>Lab technician holding swab collection kit,Coronavirus COVID-19 specimen collecting equipment,DNA nasal and oral swabbing for PCR polymerase chain reaction laboratory testing procedure and shipping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A measure that would require all passengers arriving to the United States to have a negative result on a test carried out no later than three days before their departure is the last obstacle to the Dominican tourism industry&#8217;s recovery. A viral test (NAAT or antigen test) is required to determine if the person is currently infected with Covid-19 for those entering the US as of 26 January 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travelers are also urged to contact their airlines to ensure they are in compliance with the new rule before attempting to travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/travelers\/testing-international-air-travelers.html\">CDC<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15 January 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A measure that would require all passengers arriving to the United States to have a negative result on a test carried out no later than three days before their departure is the last obstacle to the Dominican tourism industry&#8217;s recovery. A viral test (NAAT or antigen test) is required to determine if the person is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2021\/01\/15\/us-requires-viral-test-to-enter-the-country\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152299"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152343,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152299\/revisions\/152343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}